Tyre Pressures?

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Black Light 93
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Tyre Pressures?

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now that i am in the process of replaceing my stock wheels with some 16's i have uped my tyre sizes to 205/45/16 and 225/45/16.
question is now, what pressures should i run?
if it makes a diffrence, the car is my daily and sees little to no track time.
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pistol pete
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Re: Tyre Pressures?

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I'm going to run 28 front 30 rear and go from there
Black Light 93
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So what effect does lowering/highering that pressure have on the handling and wear rate?
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What model of tyre do you have fitted?

I have 205/45/R16 & 225/45/R16 Toyo Proxes T1R on mine, after experimenting with different pressures I've settled on 2.1bar front and 2.4bar rear (stock pressures are 2.0bar/2.3bar).
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Black Light 93
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Re: Tyre Pressures?

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Currently have a set of ventus prime 2 on there might just try oem pressures then go from there.
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